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The story so far: On Monday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences for 2023 was being awarded to Harvard University Professor Claudia Goldin for “having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”. Her work, it said, is the “first comprehensive account of women’s earning and labour…
Australian Parliamentary Speaker Milton Dick in Chennai. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Security and trade cooperation between India and Australia are gathering pace, and relations between the two “rich and vibrant democracies” have never been stronger, said Milton Dick, Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives. In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Dick said Australia…
The anti-terror agency had registered a case in January 2016 (File) New Delhi: A special NIA court here convicted an operative of banned global terror group ISIS and sentenced him to seven years in jail, an official said on Tuesday. Adnan Hassan, who was arrested on January 29, 2016, over his affiliation with ISIS, was…
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Supreme Court asked the lawyer to approach the high court with the grievance (File) New Delhi: There may be a thousand issues meriting attention but everything cannot be entertained to make the Supreme Court dysfunctional, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Tuesday while declining to hear an interim plea on the deaths of…
New Delhi: The war between Israel and the Hamas – in which over 1,600 people have died so far and more than two lakh displaced – has spawned a political row in India after the Congress released a statement expressing the party’s “long-standing support for the rights of the Palestinian people”. The BJP, which has…
Dawid Malan bludgeoned 140 before Reece Topley destroyed the Bangladesh top order on Tuesday as England bounced back from their mauling by New Zealand in their World Cup opener. In-form Malan belted five sixes in his career-best one-day international score and Topley took 4-43 as the defending champions won by 137 runs after piling up…
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will play its second match of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 against Afghanistan in New Delhi on Wednesday. After a win against Australia, with superlative performance from the bowlers, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, India would be pumped up to maintain the momentum against Afghanistan. The match is…
NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha has been arrested in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA New Delhi: Delhi court Tuesday sent to 10-day judicial custody NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread…
Ms. Rzucidlo was only 80 meters from the summit of Mount Shishapangma when she was struck The second American mountaineer, who went missing after avalanches struck a Tibetan mountain, has been declared dead, as per a report by the Independent. Notably, the deadly avalanches struck experienced climbers Anna Gutu and Gina Marie Rzucidlo at around 25,000…
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Puducherry’s lone woman minister S Chandira Priyanga said she faced casteism, gender bias (File) Puducherry: Puducherry’s lone woman legislator and minister, S Chandira Priyanga, on Tuesday tendered her resignation from the AINRC-BJP coalition cabinet, alleging politics of conspiracy and money power, besides facing casteism and gender bias. Chief Minister N Rangasamy, however, declined to comment…
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